I'm just wondering if anyone is planning to dress up on Pretend to be a Time Traveller Day this year.
- Mood:
curious
The obligatory and time-honored left over supper; games of dominos and Continental Rummy; Law and Order; now on my third steeping of Canton Tea Co. Jasmine Pearl tea made with Silver Needle white tea. Favorite with my kids and meditation group.
It's been a while since I took pictures of the horses, so, well, I made sure to take the camera down today. It worked out, because it was REALLY windy. Got the saddle on Carrma, got her out in the arena, and she made a beeline back for the barn. I agreed. But, hey! Pics! And, as always, click the pic to get to my flickr account. There are lots more horse pics there.
Carrma!
Tia!
( More horsies beneath the cut )
Carrma!
Tia!
( More horsies beneath the cut )
- Mood:
pleased - Music:Meet the Robinsons movie
Turkey tackled.
Side dishes summarily dispatched.
Gravy gorged upon.
Pies plundered.
Tryptophane coma.
Side dishes summarily dispatched.
Gravy gorged upon.
Pies plundered.
Tryptophane coma.
another review of Farscape #1
Louis Johnson at Fandomania really liked the first issue of the Farscape ongoing series.
Money quote:
Money quote:
This issue manages to balance solid story elements, big revelations, and all the things we’ve come to love about Farscape.
- Mood:
pleased - Music:the Giants-Broncos game on Channel 11
Vintage influence on modern fashion continues unabated. I must admit, there's some very nice pieces here and there...
http://www.coutorture.com/2714549
http://www.coutorture.com/2714549
39 years ago today, T and I exchanged wedding vows in a Lutheran ceremony surrounded by friends and family. I am very thankful for every one of those years. We've had our ups and downs, like any marriage. I'm still very glad he's the one I chose to spend my life with.
We have always celebrated our anniversary on Thanksgiving Day -- that way he can't forget. This year the anniversary and T day coincide again. Doesn't happen often, when it does, we are reminded of one more thing to be thankful for.
We have always celebrated our anniversary on Thanksgiving Day -- that way he can't forget. This year the anniversary and T day coincide again. Doesn't happen often, when it does, we are reminded of one more thing to be thankful for.
Wishing our lovely friends and customers a wonderful, blessed, peaceful, Thanksgiving. We are deeply and humbly grateful for all of you!
www.clockworkcouture.com
www.clockworkcouture.com
Stuffing made- much wreckage ensued.
Turkey rinsed, warmed, stuffed, trussed, buttered, and roasting.
Giblets simmering.
Livers sauteed and nibbled.
Kitchen a shambles. This is what sons are for.
Vegetables next.
Last night the house smelled of cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, pastry, and apples. At the moment it smells of coffee, sage, Herbes de Provence, and sauteed celery, parsley, and onions. And is there any better foundation to good food than sauteed celery, parsley, and onions?
I love feast days. :-)
Turkey rinsed, warmed, stuffed, trussed, buttered, and roasting.
Giblets simmering.
Livers sauteed and nibbled.
Kitchen a shambles. This is what sons are for.
Vegetables next.
Last night the house smelled of cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, pastry, and apples. At the moment it smells of coffee, sage, Herbes de Provence, and sauteed celery, parsley, and onions. And is there any better foundation to good food than sauteed celery, parsley, and onions?
I love feast days. :-)
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radconbobA couple managed to crash the state dinner last week. They apparently are reality-show wannabes, and the Secret Service didn't even know they'd crashed until they gloated about it online.
This is not the news you want coming out of the Secret Service charged with protecting the first black president. *facepalm*
This is not the news you want coming out of the Secret Service charged with protecting the first black president. *facepalm*
- Mood:
disappointed - Music:the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade
This was what I woke up to:
Having a puppy say "I love you, let's go for a walk!" is not a bad way to start the day. Even if the cats are sulking.
Having a puppy say "I love you, let's go for a walk!" is not a bad way to start the day. Even if the cats are sulking.
We at Lethe Press are exrtremely thankful for both our authors and loyal readers. We wish you all a safe holiday.
This saturday This is what we looked like.
That little coat was found on friday at the last moment as there was no time to go back and get changed for the boat and it worked out really well for saturday as well.
( So much eye candy you'll get a sugar rush )
- Mood:
sore
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! I'm thankful for my amazing family, my fabulous authors, my discerning readers and the work I love. Eat, drink and be merry!
Greetings from the Prague airport, where there is a limited free wifi (every few minutes it returns you to the airport page, unless you purchase the service, and it won't let me use certain pages, such as gmail, sigh). Still, nice to check-in briefly while en route to Ljubljana, for the launch reading tomorrow of the big anthology of European gay poetry edited by Brane Mozetic.
Happy thanksgiving to those of you who are celebrating it!
Happy thanksgiving to those of you who are celebrating it!
One son home for Thanksgiving this year. No other guests, so it will be a laid back day.
So far: (3) pies made, two pumpkin, one apple-- we're doing Leftover Night with friends Friday.
(1) turkey soaking in brine
Other ingredients staged and ready to go.
So far: (3) pies made, two pumpkin, one apple-- we're doing Leftover Night with friends Friday.
(1) turkey soaking in brine
Other ingredients staged and ready to go.
From now until December first, I am offering 20% off, storewide. No coupons, not codes, just order and enjoy the savings! I have over 80 new items listed this week (whew, I've been busy!) so come take a look around. :-)
http://www.Rivkasmom.com International shipping is NO PROBLEM! Paypal only please.
Happy Holidays!
http://www.Rivkasmom.com International shipping is NO PROBLEM! Paypal only please.
Happy Holidays!
- Mood:
excited
I am thankful for the good stuff.
I am thankful for my readers and my fans and my supporters.
I am thankful for the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers, who saw fit to give me a Lifetime Achievement Award for reasons passing understanding.
I am thankful for artists Will Sliney, Tommy Patterson, Neal Edwards, and Caleb Cleveland, and for my collaborator Rockne S. O'Bannon, who have all been joys to work with on the Farscape comics.
I am thankful for Ross, Chip, Matt, Ian, Mark, Nelson, Johanna, Dafna, Bryce, Neil, Jenny, and the rest of the BOOM! Studios folk, who have made me feel like part of the family.
I am thankful for Lucienne Diver, the bestest agent ever, and for all my editors -- Chris, Cath, Jaime, Marco, Troy, and the rest.
I am thankful for the conventions who have invited me to come and be a guest.
I am thankful for my fellow Boogie Knights, who allow me to continue to enrich my soul with music.
I am thankful for The Chronic Rift, allowing me to babble.
I am thankful for HG World, allowing me to play a right-wing Vietnam-veteran radio host.
I am thankful for David Mack and the rest of the gang who roasted me at Shore Leave, dear friends, all.
I am thankful for Shihan and everyone at the dojo, and I am thankful for my black belt, an accomplishment that means far more than I realized it would.
I am thankful for friends and family and felines.
I am thankful for W and T.
I am thankful for surviving to my 40th birthday.
And I am thankful that this roller-coaster of a year is almost over. *wry grin*
I am thankful for my readers and my fans and my supporters.
I am thankful for the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers, who saw fit to give me a Lifetime Achievement Award for reasons passing understanding.
I am thankful for artists Will Sliney, Tommy Patterson, Neal Edwards, and Caleb Cleveland, and for my collaborator Rockne S. O'Bannon, who have all been joys to work with on the Farscape comics.
I am thankful for Ross, Chip, Matt, Ian, Mark, Nelson, Johanna, Dafna, Bryce, Neil, Jenny, and the rest of the BOOM! Studios folk, who have made me feel like part of the family.
I am thankful for Lucienne Diver, the bestest agent ever, and for all my editors -- Chris, Cath, Jaime, Marco, Troy, and the rest.
I am thankful for the conventions who have invited me to come and be a guest.
I am thankful for my fellow Boogie Knights, who allow me to continue to enrich my soul with music.
I am thankful for The Chronic Rift, allowing me to babble.
I am thankful for HG World, allowing me to play a right-wing Vietnam-veteran radio host.
I am thankful for David Mack and the rest of the gang who roasted me at Shore Leave, dear friends, all.
I am thankful for Shihan and everyone at the dojo, and I am thankful for my black belt, an accomplishment that means far more than I realized it would.
I am thankful for friends and family and felines.
I am thankful for W and T.
I am thankful for surviving to my 40th birthday.
And I am thankful that this roller-coaster of a year is almost over. *wry grin*
- Mood: thankful
- Music:"Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" by Arlo Guthrie
On Monday evening, I attended the annual SFWA Authors & Editors Reception at the Planet Hollywood in Times Square. Very different from the usual location at the Society of Illustrators. I like the open floor plan of the place, as well as generous and comfortable seating areas. However, the ceilings are very low, and the noise level can get pretty loud.
I spent most of the evening chatting and talking business with SFWA President Russell Davis, event organizer Steven Silver and his lovely wife Elaine, SFWA Executive Director Jane Jewell, writer/publisher Lawrence Schoen, writer Laura Anne Gilman, writer/Media-Tie-In-Grandmaster Keith R.A. DeCandido, agents Shana Cohen, Diana Fox and Russell Galen, editors Steve Saffel and Wendy Delmater, writer Patrick Lundrigan, SF Scope editor Ian Randal Strock, and writer/former-Helix-editor William Sanders and his lovely wife Phyllis. I had a terrific evening, and managed to end up being the very last person to leave. (ETA: my apologies to those of you listed who have LJ handles. Despite my best efforts, I can't get your user names to appear in this post, no matter how often I edit it.)
Ian has some event pics up at SF Scope. Please go take a look, but be merciful... I look terrible in at least one of them.
I spent most of the evening chatting and talking business with SFWA President Russell Davis, event organizer Steven Silver and his lovely wife Elaine, SFWA Executive Director Jane Jewell, writer/publisher Lawrence Schoen, writer Laura Anne Gilman, writer/Media-Tie-In-Grandmaster Keith R.A. DeCandido, agents Shana Cohen, Diana Fox and Russell Galen, editors Steve Saffel and Wendy Delmater, writer Patrick Lundrigan, SF Scope editor Ian Randal Strock, and writer/former-Helix-editor William Sanders and his lovely wife Phyllis. I had a terrific evening, and managed to end up being the very last person to leave. (ETA: my apologies to those of you listed who have LJ handles. Despite my best efforts, I can't get your user names to appear in this post, no matter how often I edit it.)
Ian has some event pics up at SF Scope. Please go take a look, but be merciful... I look terrible in at least one of them.
"From 3AM on Wednesday November 25, 2009, until 3AM the following day (US east coast time), WikiLeaks is releasing over half a million US national text pager intercepts. The intercepts cover a 24 hour period surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington.
"The messages are being broadcast "live" to the global community — sychronized to the time of day they were sent. The first message is from 3AM September 11, 2001, five hours before the first attack, and the last, 24 hours later.
"Text pagers are usualy carried by persons operating in an official capacity. Messages in the archive range from Pentagon, FBI, FEMA and New York Police Department exchanges, to computers reporting faults at investment banks inside the World Trade Center
"The archive is a completely objective record of the defining moment of our time. We hope that its entrance into the historical record will lead to a nuanced understanding of how this event led to death, opportunism and war."
http://911.wikileaks.org/
I'm kinda reading it via commentary on Metafilter.
CBS article about.
"The messages are being broadcast "live" to the global community — sychronized to the time of day they were sent. The first message is from 3AM September 11, 2001, five hours before the first attack, and the last, 24 hours later.
"Text pagers are usualy carried by persons operating in an official capacity. Messages in the archive range from Pentagon, FBI, FEMA and New York Police Department exchanges, to computers reporting faults at investment banks inside the World Trade Center
"The archive is a completely objective record of the defining moment of our time. We hope that its entrance into the historical record will lead to a nuanced understanding of how this event led to death, opportunism and war."
http://911.wikileaks.org/
I'm kinda reading it via commentary on Metafilter.
CBS article about.
- Music:Feeling Good - Michael Bublé
If you are a SFWA member, John Joseph Adams passed me a note saying that Seeds of Change, which includes my short Resistance, is available thanks John for all SFWA members to read free at this link.
Though it's not quite complete yet (there's always room for improvement!), here's my steamy newspaper reporter outfit that I wore for Windycon.
( Pics and description beneath the cut )
By the way, everyone looked amazing at Windycon! I was totally blown away by all your great costumes. Next time I won't be so shy and I'll take more pictures!
( Pics and description beneath the cut )
By the way, everyone looked amazing at Windycon! I was totally blown away by all your great costumes. Next time I won't be so shy and I'll take more pictures!
This morning, SFWA member Jay Lake went in for an operation to remove a growth from his lung. For those of you who have not been following on Twitter, the word is that the surgery went well and that they closing now.
We are very happy to hear this and wish him the best.
Mirrored from SFWA | Comment at SFWA
and now for something you'll really like....
Last week marked the 50th anniversary of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, thus providing the world with some of the best one-liners, bad puns, and funny voices its ever known.
"Hey, Rock! Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!"
GROWL!
"Whoops! Wrong hat...."
"That trick never works!"
"Hey, Rock! Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!"
GROWL!
"Whoops! Wrong hat...."
"That trick never works!"
- Mood:
geeky - Music:"Red Staggerwing" by Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris
ON WALKING #3
The LAMBETH WALK is a road in South London that was featured in the 1937 musical Me and My Gal. The song ("Any time you're Lambeth way, / Any evening, any day, / You'll find us all / Doin' the Lambeth walk") was accompanied by a strutting, thumb-jerking dance and the occasional ejaculation of "Oi!"
A 19th-century dance of African-American origin, the CAKEWALK originated when slaves parodied the "genteel" manners of their owners. Dancers would promenade the dance floor, improvising moves, and the most stylish would be awarded a cake.
The Minister of SILLY WALKS (John Cleese) was not at all impressed with Mr. Pudey's (Michael Palin's) silly walk: "It's not particularly silly, is it? I mean, the right leg isn't silly at all and the left leg merely does a forward aerial half turn every alternate step."
To go by WALKER'S BUS, to take teh MARROWBONE STAGE, and to ride SHANK'S PONY are all euphemisms dfor walking.
In shooting parlance, beaters DRIVE or WALK UP to dislodge birds from the undergrowth into the oncoming hail of shot.
To be ordered to WALK SPANISH is to be made redundant, or laid off, as is to be given one's MARCHING ORDERS or WALKING PAPERS.
Andrew Grove (c.1936-)
- Mood:
blah - Music:"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Holy cow, it’s Thanksgiving tomorrow, isn’t it? (Well, at least in the United States it is.) I’m actually heading out of town for Thanksgiving this year; pretty sure the last time I wasn’t around for the day itself, I was in the back seat of a station wagon and my age was in the single digit zone.
(I am vaguely disappointed that Birmingham, Alabama, is not a balmy 90 degrees this time of year. What’s the point of living there?)
So, as I’ll be out of town, here’s an advance photo essay on things that I am thankful for.
I am thankful for…
Child stars smoking dope!
The Spidey-Signal!
Cross-dressing Sailor Moons wearing sneakers!
Uncomfortably snug pants!
Chanukah ham!
Awesome parking jobs in my office lot!
And last but not least…
Betty White reminding me to end the joke here.
Happy Thanksgiving, regardless of whatever you’re thankful for.
[Originally published at gregmce.com. You can comment here or there.]
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
True to its promise, Harlequin has ditched the Harlequin Horizons name. It’s now DellArte Press.
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I had a thought yesterday while T and I drove the Mt. Hood Loop. A sedan without 4 wheel drive or studded tires passed an SUV going the speed limit up hill on packed snow and gravel. We were in the downhill lane and had to brake very carefully to avoid a head one.
Last Friday night when T was driving home from work at midnight in a fierce side wind with heavy snow, visibility very limited. He slowed down to a speed he felt safe for our car, the conditions, and his reaction time--the speed limit of 55 MPH. 5 cars passed him as if he were standing still. Only one of them had 4 wheel drive. Emergency vehicles passed him shortly thereafter. A mile further up one of those cars without 4X4 or studded tires was on its roof turned sideways in the oncoming lane.
I wondered if overpopulation pressures people to do utterly stupid things just to stand out in the crowd.
Or has overpopulation decreased the sense of self-preservation in some people. After all, if they can be triggered to idiocy so easily perhaps the survival of the species is not dependent upon their contribution to the gene pool.
Just ramblin thoughts
Last Friday night when T was driving home from work at midnight in a fierce side wind with heavy snow, visibility very limited. He slowed down to a speed he felt safe for our car, the conditions, and his reaction time--the speed limit of 55 MPH. 5 cars passed him as if he were standing still. Only one of them had 4 wheel drive. Emergency vehicles passed him shortly thereafter. A mile further up one of those cars without 4X4 or studded tires was on its roof turned sideways in the oncoming lane.
I wondered if overpopulation pressures people to do utterly stupid things just to stand out in the crowd.
Or has overpopulation decreased the sense of self-preservation in some people. After all, if they can be triggered to idiocy so easily perhaps the survival of the species is not dependent upon their contribution to the gene pool.
Just ramblin thoughts
- Mood:
bewildered
Night Owl Reviews has posted a complimentary review of Enigma by C.F. Bentley.
http://www.nightowlromance.com/nightowl
The money shot: A fun and intriguing read for any fantasy lover.
I thought the book was a spiritual journey with a literary twist in a space opera landscape. But it does have fantasy elements in it.
http://www.nightowlromance.com/nightowl
The money shot: A fun and intriguing read for any fantasy lover.
I thought the book was a spiritual journey with a literary twist in a space opera landscape. But it does have fantasy elements in it.
- Mood:
chipper
We were asked by a representative of the Woodland Park Zoo, here in Seattle to do a photo shoot in their Rainforest exhibit to promote a class they are doing in January. The shoot was quite fun. The resulting poster from our photo safari at Woodland Park Zoo.
You can view the rest ofhelix90's photos here.
~artvixn
You can view the rest of
helix90's photos here.~artvixn
My mother's cranberry relish recipe.
I've just recently landed myself in steampunk-verse, though I have come across some steampunk elements in my BJD and lolita circles earlier. Before I start seeking and hoarding clothes and items and gutting old watches for parts XD, I would like to ask some questions. Hope you folks can help me out!
( Questions, questions... )
Much thanks in advance! If someone has already asked similar questions that have been answered, please direct me to those, too.
( Questions, questions... )
Much thanks in advance! If someone has already asked similar questions that have been answered, please direct me to those, too.
Replacing the old geocities steampunkfashion links page is a new re-vamped website with tonnes more links, not just clothing!
Steampunk Fashion Resources & more....
Hi everyone,
Yes I'm back for more! ;)
I have several items for sale in my etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/Brainerror
Steampunk necklaces, steampunk earrings, a steampunk clock & other odd bits and bobs.
In my Ebay shop I have a mini skirt by PHAZE, Steampunk alice band, steampunk bracelet, Chinese bracelets, Steampunk brooch & a steampunk hair clip: http://shop.ebay.co.uk/brain-error/m.ht
Please have a look, any questions please feel free to contact me through either site.
Thank you!
~ D.
Yes I'm back for more! ;)
I have several items for sale in my etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/Brainerror
Steampunk necklaces, steampunk earrings, a steampunk clock & other odd bits and bobs.
In my Ebay shop I have a mini skirt by PHAZE, Steampunk alice band, steampunk bracelet, Chinese bracelets, Steampunk brooch & a steampunk hair clip: http://shop.ebay.co.uk/brain-error/m.ht
Please have a look, any questions please feel free to contact me through either site.
Thank you!
~ D.
A Halo fan did a mockup of Eric Nylund’s the Fall of Reach as a Penguin Classics format. I was tickled enough to tell them if they did a Cole Protocol version I’d hang that in my office, so they obliged, and now I have to figure out how to print to the color printer…
1. Voting is now open for the Urban Goblin Cover Contest. If you don’t have an LJ account, please leave your vote in the comments.
2. I was asked to post my thoughts on the Harlequin vanity publishing flap, but I could never do as thorough a job as author Jackie Kessler has done. She’s been kicking ass about this mess on her blog and LJ.
3. I’m going to try to go offline for the next few days to enjoy the holiday with my family, and maybe get some writing done. To everyone in the U.S., have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
And now, because I’m just that twisted, enjoy the first in what may become an ongoing series of messed-up nursery rhymes…
Dead Jack and Jill
by Jim C. Hines
Jack and Jill
shambled uphill
to catch their old friend Fred.
Jack fell down
and cracked his crown
So Jill ate him instead.
Mirrored from Jim C. Hines.
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